What did you do to your TJ today?
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JeepinJaye
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New tires and installed a new windshield washer pump (glad to have that back with our winter weather and wet roads). Dang, these tires sure make for a smooth ride!
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Stubbed my front bumper, stole this idea from @tykesplace
This is my first time welding in almost 40yrs, I used a cheapo 90amp wire feed welder. I'm pretty proud of it.
This is my first time welding in almost 40yrs, I used a cheapo 90amp wire feed welder. I'm pretty proud of it.
spread out over a couple days waiting for parts but this is what I got wrapped up today, oil change & lube - when I went to get my oil cap off the fucker wouldn't move, had to pull it off with channel locks & I spun the top right out so I ordered a new one
Replaced my one year old driver's rear lower OEM control arm I mangled last weekend with a new one
rotated the tires
and the most fun part, my son & his girlfriend moved back to West Chester about 5 minutes from me & had a bunch of buddies lined up to help him so he tapped me to cater the event
, I'm always happier than a pig in shit to cook for a crowd so he told me what he wanted & I put it together. Started Wednesday night making a batch of cold rise pizza dough, then Friday night I fired up the Kettle to hot smoke some chicken thighs & sweet Italian sausage. Went with Pecan wood for flavor & Dizzy Pig Spicy Dust for the chicken rub.
Here, letting the nasty smoke burn off
patiently waiting on the thin blue
about an hour after that it was all over, here's some shots of the smoked meat
it was all mixed together & sauced with my own bbq sauce, a mixture of Stubbs Original, apple cider vinegar & some rub, we served this on hamburger buns, they gobbled it up like they were going to the chair
Saturday morning the pizza making commenced, a fresh pineapple for the boy's girlfriend's bacon Hawaiian
this was the star of the show, a bacon hot-wing with blue cheese, used some of the smoked chicken on this with wing sauce as the base, some bacon & crumbled blue cheese in addition to the mozzarella, was freaky good
all served around 2pm yesterday to great reviews, boy is all moved in, TJ is back on the road, & I'm about to sit down on the couch for the first time since last weekend
Replaced my one year old driver's rear lower OEM control arm I mangled last weekend with a new one
rotated the tires
and the most fun part, my son & his girlfriend moved back to West Chester about 5 minutes from me & had a bunch of buddies lined up to help him so he tapped me to cater the event
, I'm always happier than a pig in shit to cook for a crowd so he told me what he wanted & I put it together. Started Wednesday night making a batch of cold rise pizza dough, then Friday night I fired up the Kettle to hot smoke some chicken thighs & sweet Italian sausage. Went with Pecan wood for flavor & Dizzy Pig Spicy Dust for the chicken rub.Here, letting the nasty smoke burn off
patiently waiting on the thin blue
about an hour after that it was all over, here's some shots of the smoked meat
it was all mixed together & sauced with my own bbq sauce, a mixture of Stubbs Original, apple cider vinegar & some rub, we served this on hamburger buns, they gobbled it up like they were going to the chair
Saturday morning the pizza making commenced, a fresh pineapple for the boy's girlfriend's bacon Hawaiian
this was the star of the show, a bacon hot-wing with blue cheese, used some of the smoked chicken on this with wing sauce as the base, some bacon & crumbled blue cheese in addition to the mozzarella, was freaky good
all served around 2pm yesterday to great reviews, boy is all moved in, TJ is back on the road, & I'm about to sit down on the couch for the first time since last weekend
Nice job! It should look real good after you get paint on it.
Currie Antirock installed. Super easy after shaving the bushings a little so they fit.
Doctor Bone Smash
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I put Tomken Machine rock bars on today...it was fairly straightforward although the rear bracket holes were very unforgiving. It took a lot of finagling and massaging to make it all line up.
They seem very solid.
They seem very solid.
I always thought those were some of the best looking wheels on a Jeep.
I was almost finished with my carpet install when I had to stop for the day. The center console and front seats are in, and I just need to cut attachment spots for the rear bench seat and seat belts, and get the bench installed.
I was lucky that my brother-in-law visited for the day, and the two of us got the carpet installed in about 3 hours. It was definitely a two-man job. Also, for anyone planning to do this job with the non-pre-trimmed LJ package from Auto Custom Carpets, I highly recommend removing the seats and center console. It made the job a lot easier, and I think it has a cleaner appearance with everything fully tucked under the console and seat hardware.
Here it is near the end of the process.
I was lucky that my brother-in-law visited for the day, and the two of us got the carpet installed in about 3 hours. It was definitely a two-man job. Also, for anyone planning to do this job with the non-pre-trimmed LJ package from Auto Custom Carpets, I highly recommend removing the seats and center console. It made the job a lot easier, and I think it has a cleaner appearance with everything fully tucked under the console and seat hardware.
Here it is near the end of the process.
mgroeger
TJ Enthusiast
I drove mine today to runs a few errands. It was the first time in about a month. I had my hip replaced 3 weeks ago, and getting in was a challenge. Once in, I was fine.
Thank you. That means a lot. I've put a ton of time and money into it undoing and redoing, adjusting and readjusting everything the PO did except the coil springs (they are next). I wasn't going to do a build thread because I thought it was how I would build it when I bought it. After driving it and spending ridiculous amounts of time under it just looking everything over and getting to know it, the PO couldn't have been farther from "what I wanted." I definitely chalk that up to my newness and naivete to Jeeps in the beginning. So, I do plan on doing a build thread and documenting everything rather than cluttering up this thread lol, as it has been my build thread thus far.
and the most fun part, my son & his girlfriend moved back to West Chester about 5 minutes from me & had a bunch of buddies lined up to help him so he tapped me to cater the event
Do you travel with your set-up? I may plan a move myself
My grandson tore up something on the inside passenger side door handle so tomorrow I get to tear that down to see what he broke.
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Won the war with my passenger side lower ball joint. So new ball joints, hubs and axles installed today. It was dark by the time I finished, so no pics of the finished job worth posting. Just this one of how the passenger side original axle looked when it came out.
Finally finished plumbing my onboard air. Had a lot of advice, and pictures of suggestions. I think it turned out pretty awesome. My Jeep had had a couple of issues so it sat for a while, and my tires were all about 21. I pumped them up in seconds each.
Thanks to @lowranger, @tomtaylz, @Alex01, for all of the advice and suggestions.
Now you guys wont have a wait an hour for me to pump my tires back up.
Will also inflate pool toys in seconds.
Thanks to @lowranger, @tomtaylz, @Alex01, for all of the advice and suggestions.
Now you guys wont have a wait an hour for me to pump my tires back up.
Will also inflate pool toys in seconds.